The CHB Spy Novel Series Guide

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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    As a bit of a side thread to CHB's brilliant thread, mentioning these amazing books. I was wondering if there
    Might be any Interest from members is starting either a partner thread or posting here ( with CHB's permission
    Obviously ) as I neither want to hijack or clutter it up, still very much an idea in the early stages.
    I have been in contact with CoolHandBond, mainly clandestine meetings in dimly lit car parks. Involving a lot of
    Flashing .......................... Of head lights.
    So it's just an idea, I'm putting out, to see if there's much interest ? As many of these books sound right up my
    Street. I'm certain it would be fun and maybe the kick in the backside, some of us need ( me included) to get
    Back into reading more regularly.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,033MI6 Agent
    It's a cool idea and I am very much in support of this great idea from TP.

    Ah it was the headlights that made my eyes water then... :D
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,033MI6 Agent
    1987 and TD starred in his first of two outings as the world's greatest secret agent in TLD. It was also the year that the Lethal Weapon series began and Terry Waite was taken hostage.

    The Sensitives started a short three book run written by Herbert Burkholz and published by Berkley. Ben Slade is a CIA agent working within the agency as part of The Sensitives programme. He is a mind-reading psychic but they suffer from burnout and the average lifespan is just over 31 years. As we join the series Slade is 30 and we have three very enjoyable thrillers with the titles of The Sensitives, Strange Bedfellows and Brain Damage. When not on assignment Slade plays top level poker to supplement his earnings. The plotting is of a decent level and the premise is interesting. The author was also a speechwriter for the US Food and Drug Administration for a while.

    The books can be picked up cheaply at usual sources.
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,033MI6 Agent
    1988 saw the Lockerbie Pan Am plane crash and a barefoot, vest wearing Bruce Willis became a star taking down the terrorists in Die Hard.

    Matt Terry is a tour guide adventurer, often mistaken for a spy. In 3 books by James Luceno (who has written many Star Wars novels) Matt travels to Guatemala, Indonesia and Nepal in well written yarns full of action and geographical atmosphere. Published by Ivy Books with nice covers they are well worth reading. The titles are Rio Passion, Rainchaser and Rock Bottom. It's a shame that the series was so short lived.
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,033MI6 Agent
    The end of the decade saw average UK house prices rise to over 70k and 1989 also saw the fall of the Berlin Wall and the protests in Tiananmen Square. Jack Nicholson was The Joker in Batman and Ghost proved that no one cries like Demi Moore.

    It also saw the first Frank Pagan book of five published. Written by Campbell Armstrong it relates the story of a Special Branch agent who goes up against the world's terrorists. These are well written suspenseful books with one word titles: JIG, MAZURKA, MAMBO, JIGSAW and HEAT. Armstrong writes under several pen names and has written many movie tie-in books like Raiders Of The Lost Ark.
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
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